Care Coordinator RN

CommonSpirit Health; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking an RN Care Coordinator for St. Luke’s Health - The Woodlands Hospital in The Woodlands, TX. The role focuses on navigating the patient care journey, assessing needs, and planning comprehensive care across the continuum to ensure timely, high-quality transitions.

Qualifications include RN licensure in Texas, 2+ years of acute hospital experience, and CPR/BLS within 90 days. A master's in Case Management or Nursing is preferred, with BSN also noted as a plus.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and minimum two (2) years of acute hospital clinical experience.
• Masters in Case Management or Nursing field with 1 year of experience per hire.
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (CPR) within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Completes and documents discharge planning assessments and updates plans.
• Develops multidisciplinary discharge plans with patients, family, and post-acute providers.
• Oversees and evaluates discharge plan implementation.
• Collaborates with the healthcare team to ensure progression of care and appropriate inpatient resource use.
• Coordinates with post-acute providers for timely transitions based on clinical needs.
• Identifies readmission risk and implements mitigation strategies for at least 30 days.

Skills

RN clinical experience

Care coordination

Communication

Advocacy

Education

RN license

MS in Case Management or Nursing

BSN (preferred)

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a RN Care Coordinator, you will be a central figure in patient care, seamlessly navigating the healthcare journey to achieve optimal outcomes and an exceptional patient experience.

Every day, you will strategically assess, plan, and facilitate comprehensive care across the continuum, expertly advocating for patients while collaborating with physicians, nursing, departments, insurers, and post-acute providers to ensure timely, high-quality transitions.

To be successful in this role, you will possess strong clinical acumen, exceptional communication and advocacy skills, and a strategic mindset, all driven by a passion for optimizing patient care across every touchpoint.

• Completes and documents a discharge planning assessment on those patients identified by the designated screening process, or upon request. Reassess the patient as appropriate and update the plan accordingly.
• Facilitates the development of a multidisciplinary discharge plan, engaging other relevant health team members, the patient and/or patient representative and post acute care providers in accordance with the patients clinical or psychosocial needs, choices and available resources.
• Oversees and evaluates the implementation of the discharge plan.
• Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to ensure progression of care and appropriate utilization of inpatient resources using established evidence based guidelines/criteria.
• Collaborates with the healthcare team and post-acute service providers to ensure timely and smooth transitions to the most appropriate type and setting of post-acute services based upon patients clinical needs.
• Identifies risk for readmission and implements interventions to mitigate those risks for at least a 30-day period.

Job Requirements

Required

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and Minimum two (2) years of acute hospital clinical experience, upon hire or
• Masters Other Case Management or Nursing field. and 1 year of experience, upon hire and
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 90 Days and

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and At least five (5) years of nursing experience., upon hire
• Certified Case Manager, upon hire and
• Accredited Case Manager, upon hire

Where You'll Work

St. Luke’s Health - The Woodlands Hospital is a 245 bed facility serving North Harris and Montgomery counties. The hospital has been recognized as a Best Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, and is proud to serve as the clinical home for the Dan L Duncan Cancer Center. The hospital was awarded an “A” hospital safety grade by The Leapfrog Group in both 2023 and 2025. Clinical services provided include cardiovascular services, diagnostic imaging, women’s services (digital mammography and bone density studies), neurosciences, pediatric care (Newborn and Level III nurseries), surgery, pathology and pulmonary services, and sleep disorder services.